Week 36 of 36 · 10 words · ages 9–10

4th Grade spelling words, week 36: the letters ough

The letters ough can sound many ways. Here they say oo in through, aw in bought and oh in dough and thorough. Learn each word by sight.
through
In one side and out the other.
bought
Paid money to get something.
brought
Carried something with you to a place.
dough
A soft mixture of flour and water that is baked into bread.
sought
Looked for something.
fought
Struggled hard in a contest or against a problem.
ought
Should; the right thing to do.
thorough
Careful and complete, missing nothing.
thoroughly
Completely and with great care.
doughy
Soft and squishy like unbaked bread.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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